The King of Diamonds legend gets bigger and bigger.
 
Ado Annie {a 1993 Irish Sport Horse mare by Errigal Flight (ISH), out of Coolrain Princess (ISH), by Blue Henry (RID)} has
added another win to her list of successes on the US circuit. Ridden by Will Simpson (USA), she won the Aon Reed Stenhouse
1.60m Jumper class at the Spruce Meadows CSI show on Thursday the 6th of June, 2002 bringing home $6000. She followed this
on Sunday June 9th with a third place result in the Shell Cup Derby 1.50m Jumper, a category B FEI world ranking points
competition, which won her $19,000. Ado Annie (ISH) was bred by Francis Sheeran, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. She was purchased by
the Larkin brothers and then sold on as a four year old to the US.
 
Coming behind her in fourth position was Amos {a 1990 Irish Sport Horse gelding by Cavalier (Holst), out of Killestry Pride
(ISH), by Ballinvella (TB) bred by Patrick Daly, Killestry, Co. Clare} ridden by Rich Fellers (USA) to win $15,500.
 
Ado Annie (ISH) also won the $35,000 Open Jumper class at the Devon Horse Show, Pennsylvania, USA. In the same class,
Carling King {a 1991 Irish Sport Horse gelding by Clover Hill (RID), out of Gortnageer Star (ISH), by Chairlift (TB) bred by Dr.
Pat Geraghty, Glenamaddy, Co. Galway} was ridden into 6th place by Kevin Babington.
 
CSIO Linz Austria 13-16 June 2002
 
Irish horses have been on form in Austria over the weekend starting with a win for Lismore Clover {a 1994 ISH mare by Clover
Hill (RID), out of Lismore Lyric (ISH), by Holmacre (TB) bred by Dr. Patrick ONeill, Muckross, Donegal Town} and Lt. David
OBrien on Friday, 14th June in the 1m45 speed class. The Irish team of OBOS Quality and Denis Coakley, Lismakin {a 1990
ISH gelding by Master Imp (TB), out of Erkina Queen (ISH), by King of Diamonds (RID) bred by Anne Downey, Portlaoise} and
Lt. Shane Carey, Boherdeal Clover {a 1991 Approved ISH Stallion by Clover Hill (RID), out of Virginia Wolfa (ISH), by Regular
Guy (TB) bred by Pamela Miller, Mount Cashel Stud, Roscommon} and Lt. David OBrien, and Waterford Crystal and Cian
OConnor came fourth in the Samsung Nations Cup on Friday. This was followed on Saturday, June 15th with a win for Lismore
Clover (ISH) and Lt. David OBrien, and second place for Killossery {a 1992 ISH gelding by Clover Hill (RID), out of Jeannie
(ISH), by Radical (TB) bred by Killossery Lodge Stud, Killsallaghan, Co. Dublin} and Lt. Shane Carey in the 1m45 Fischer Brot
Prize class. Tell the Difference {ISH by Clover Hill (RID), out of Raheen (ISH) by Nordlys (TB) bred by Catherine Kenny,
Deerpark, Belmont, Co. Offaly} was placed eighth in the same class. Lt. Shane Carey proceeded to come third with Laughton
Lass {a 1992 ISH by John Henry (TB), out of Laughton Poynt (ISH), by Poynton (TB) bred by John Troy, Lucan, Co. Dublin} in
the 1m50 Championat der Stadt Linz competition in a field of 36 starters. Finally, on Sunday June 16th, Killossery (ISH) and Lt.
Shane Carey won the 1m50 Preis der Fa. Equester Final (Small Tour) class taking home 1,235 Euro in prize money.
 
British National Championships
 
Killossery Aero Flyer won the Charles Owen British National Championships at Sansaw Park Horse Trials ridden by 14 year old
Sarah Glynn of Killossery Lodge Stud, Killsallaghan, Co. Dublin. In fourth position after the dressage, the pair jumped a
pressurised clear round in a very tight competition to win them the Pony Champions title. This success follows their win at
Ashmount this year and third place with the Irish Eventing Championship team in the European Pony Championships, Spain.
Another Irish bred pony, Harry Hotshot, took second place with his English rider Tamsyn Hutchins while Billy Joe Bob and Tara
Morrison came fourth.
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Please don't confuse the irish Sport Horse with the "Irish Draught Sport Horse"  Since the American Draught Society started a false advertising campaign of claiming that the great Irish Sport Horses were Irish Draught Sport Horses there has been much confusion.
They are not the same. The American Society hoped this false advertising would build its reputation.   However,  only the American society  registers Irish Draught Sport Horses and to this date has not had  an Irish Draught Sport Horse win at the international level.   The Irish Sport Horse registered and promoted by the Irish Horse Board is famous.   The Horse Board not the American Society deserves credit for the Irish Sport Horse.
 
 The society is simply stealing horses to falsely build some kind of credibility it doesn't deserve.  In the old American West horse theives were hung.  It still is a terrible activity.  Stealing.
 
It is possible someone from Ireland will register their Irish Sport Horse wilth the American Society for hope of getting favor with the American Society but the breeding of that horse will have not been by one of nearly 30 of the society's stallions never seen under saddle before being approved as a breeding stallion.  There are some Irish Breeders, who apparently believe their membership in the American Society will bring them some kind of reward.  The Society is now promoting stallions like Coolcorron Cool Diamond as Irish Draught Sport Horses.  It should be noted this stallion is not a product of the society's breeding program.